Authors

Khaled Malas

 

Khaled Malas is an architect from Damascus. He is also a PhD candidate at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. His current research interests include the Kaaba during the seventh and eighth centuries, the design of sound-insulated chicken coops, and the translation of a guerrilla warfare manual. An earlier project, on the role of heavy mechanical flight in the production of Syrian landscapes, can be found online at www.excavatingthesky.com. He remains condemned to hope and can be reached at khaledmalas@gmail.com.

ARTICLES BY Khaled Malas

  • تنقيب السماء

    تنقيب السماء

     توصيف المشروع

     يسعى هذا المشروع إلى استكشاف التحوّلات، البديعة والمرعبة في آن، لأرض مهددة بتصاعد الصراعات الوطنية، وهي أيضاً موقع الصراعات هذه. ننبش الذكريات المُغفَلة واللحظات الهاطلة من السماء، لاقتراح سرديات بديلة للصدمة. ثم نلتفت إلى كيفية ..

  • Excavating the Sky

    Excavating the Sky

    [Between 12-14 August 2014 at the 14th Venice International Architecture Biennale, architects, filmmakers, and activists from Syria and the Arab World, gathered for a series of events focused on Syria and the production of its landscape from before the First World War until today. Using the ..